Varian: this is a top down, not a bottom up issue. It is curious
that the Federal Appeals Court (the Second Circuit of Manhattan)
only recently declared that this sort of behavior would no longer
be an offense, but free speech. To paraphrase: once a drug is
approved by the FDA, the drug company and its representatives can
make any claims they wish about a drug's efficacy or possible uses
as long as that information is not included in the labeling of the
drug. As I said at the time that article appeared on Medpage
Today, that is tantamount to false advertising for the sake of huge
profits at the expense of the consumer..

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